George Thomas BURGESS
- born about 1854
- married Charlotte Helen Harrod in 1884 (see above)
- he was a Contractor, living in Kaitawa, Pahiatua
- died October 1923 aged 69
- buried PLOT 2, BLOCK 1, Section: Main

Martha BURGESS
- born about 1832
- was living in Pahiatua
- died June 1916 aged 84
- buried PLOT 1, BLOCK 1, Section: Main with Thomas George Burgess

Murray Geddis Harrod BURGESS
- born about October 1922
- was living at Mangamutu, Pahiatua
- he died in April 1923 aged 6 months
- buried PLOT 5, BLOCK 1, Section: Main with Thomas below

Arthur Robert GILLARD
- born 1876 to George (1828-1922) & Sarah Ann GILLARD
- they also had a son, Oliver Thomas Gillard (1877-1960)
- he was living in Masterton
- he died 21st August 1943 aged 68
- buried PLOT 6, BLOCK 1, Section: Main

Johann 'John' MEKALICK
- he was a Farmer at Kaitawa, Pahiatua
- born about 1829 in Austria
- he died 3rd September 1900 aged 71
- buried PLOT 27, BLOCK 1, Section: Main
- he married Anna HADDES (above) about 1864 in Austria
- their children were:
JOSEF Mekalick (may have changed his name to McHALICK)
- he was born about 1864 in Austria
- he died in 1938 in New Zealand aged 74

Valentine MEKALICK
- he was born about 1866 in Austria
- he married Fredricka Rasmina RASMUSSEN of Robinsons Bay, Banks Peninsula, Canterbury - a sister of Christian Herman Rasmussen who married Valentine's sister Anna
- Valentine received his naturalisation papers in March 1890 - he was then farming in Pahiatua
- one of their daughters, Claudia, was born in 1897 in Pahiatua, died 1964 in Cambridge, Waikato aged 67. She had married Emil WEIDENBOHM
- in 1911 Claudia was in a Competition in Masterton giving a Vocal Solo for girls under 17. It says she was from Mangarawa
- a son, Reuben, was born in Pahiatua in 1902, died in 1947 aged 45. He had married Charlotte Rush DUNLOP
- a daughter, Rowena was born in 1904 in Pahiatua, died 1936 in Pahiatua aged 32. She had married John McDonald TOLMIE in Pahiatua in 1929
- Valentine was nominated as a Candidate for the
PAHIATUA LICENSING DISTRICT in 1903
- Fredricka died aged 71 in Patea, 1946
- Valentine died in Wellington on the 30th August 1936 aged 70

Franciska "Fanny" MEKALICK
- she was born about 1871 in Austria
- she married Anders William ANDERSON 1887
- died 17 July 1941 Cromwell, Otago aged 70

Marie May MEKALICK
- she was born about 1873 in Austraia
- died about 1941 in New Zealand aged 68

Anna Teresa MEKALICK
- born 22nd August 1880 in Oxford, Canterbury
- she married Christian Herman Rasmussen about 1893 in Eketahuna. He was a brother of Fredricka Rasmussen who married Anna's brother Valentine
- he was a son of William RASMUSSEN and Thrine FREDERIKSON
- they had 9 children from 1898 to 1919
- Anna died 5th Feb 1935 in Te Aroha, Thames aged 55

Ernest Albert STRATFORD (database has Stralford)
- he was a Farmer in Kaitawa, Pahiatua
- born 1878, the 4th of 12 children to John STRATFORD & Emily SQUIRES
- he died 2nd January 1906 aged 27 from injuries received when thrown from his horse
- buried PLOT 1, BLOCK 2, Section: Main

John WHITCOMBE
- born about January/February 1905
- was living at Kaitawa, Pahiatua
- died 20th February 1905 aged 3 weeks
- no birth or death records found
- buried PLOT 9, BLOCK 2, Section Main
- buried with Hugh Cecil Whitcombe above

Comments

These names are all vaguely familiar to me..........my father who was born in Pahiatua ( as was I ) in 1911 spoke of them often. I can probably find and supply some information from funeral records, from my grandfather and father's business, which are held by my brother.